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(adj) niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, lilliputian, little, footling, fiddling
(informal) small and of little importance
a fiddling sum of money; a footling gesture; our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war; a little (or small) matter; a dispute over niggling details; limited to petty enterprises; piffling efforts; giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
(adj) superficial
of little substance or significance
a few superficial editorial changes; only trivial objections